1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Somalia
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
1.9 Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Hangul
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1.2 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
2.4 Speaking Population
2.5 Native Speakers
8.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
2.7.1 Second Language Speakers
2.7.2 Native Name
2.7.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
2.7.4 French Name
2.7.5 German Name
2.8 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
2.9 Ethnicity
3 History
3.1 Origin
19th century
Before 1st century
3.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
3.2.1 Subgroup
3.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
3.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
3.3.3 Language Position
3.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
3.4 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
4.5 Glottocode
4.6 Linguasphere
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative